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Armed Forces Personnel - tell the MOD about its effect on your finances.
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is investigating the disadvantages faced by Servicemen and Women and their families when accessing financial products and services. It would like examples from serving personnel or their immediate families of disadvantages that they have faced specifically as a result of being in the Armed…
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Trooper Flight
Hi all My mate and her husband has been posted out to cyprus, and her husband has said that we might be able to use the trooper flight from brize, my Husband is in the Army, But we not sure if we would be able to? anyone know if we can? Thankls
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Help our Armed Forces
Hi, I once saw a website where if you shopped via their site commission from the sales went towards helping our forces, can anyone remember what the name of the site was, got som xmas shopping to do and if I can help them in this way that would be great, I totally forgot!
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AFF responds to claims that CEA will be cut
Today’s Daily Telegraph carries an article which implies that Continuity of Education Allowance will be cut. AFF will continue to demonstrate to command and the MOD that the ability to claim CEA is vital. AFF, understands as do senior commanders, that families have made long-term life-style choices which allow the soldier…
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Urgent Help RAF Firefighter
Hello, this is my first post and firstly i would like to apologise if this is placed in the wrong place. Basically I am interested in joining the RAF as a firefighter, My situation is that i am 20 years old, keen footballer and boxer so physically fit. I am fairly clever but not overly so and i am looking to join shortly…
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Asking for an early posting
If you are in an E2 posting is it any easier to ask for an early posting seeing as your position can be covered by any capbadge or is it equally as difficult??
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Wtc
We currently receive child tax credits, and child benefit for our 16 month old son, but recently a friend of ours who also has a baby has informed us he is now receving working tax credit, he does the same job as my husband and on the same shift, same wage etc, so technically same circumstances. Does anyone receive this,…
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vaccines leaving me confused, docs no help
we are due to leave for akrotiri cyprus on 2nd nov, i have only just recived the pack about medicals and dentists ect (4 weeks before we leave is not enough time). we are all booked in for the checks but regarding vaccines i've had no help from our docs or the station docs. all i need to know is what vaccines myself and…
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LSA - quick one
Is it 7 nights or 7 days that you have to be away to be entitled??
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Previous occupants left debts?
We moved into our new quarter 4 weeks ago and have noticed that there is a lot of correspondance for the previous occupants, from debt collection agencies. My main concern is, are debts attached to an address and therefore will they effect our credit rating, especially as we are planning a couple of big purchases this next…
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Moving Help Please!
Hi we are moving on Monday,this is our 1st move using the removals service and I am not sure what they will take as regards liquids like bathroom products and kitchen stuff like vinegar and cooking oil. We have al lot of mechanincs liquids that we know we have to take but I can't be taking much more in the car as there…
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help with charges
I'm putting it on here hoping someone can help, last time i put the question on armynet they actually contacted my regiment and i was hauled in and given a dressing down. ok, yet again boarding school allowance not paid, jpa said next run will be 7 october, this means again allowance to school late and therefore 10% late…
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Pay on leaving
Hi i was wondering if anyone could help me?? I have recently left the army after four years. I left at the end of a working month and on payday, however i was curious to know if i will get payed again at the end of the following month because of a lyin month worked etc should i contact glasgow or does anyone have any adive…
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Windows Office
Hello, I was wondering if someone could possibly help me here, my husband is in the RAF and he had heard a while back of someone saying you could possibly get a windows office package at a reduced rate? Does anyone know anything about that and how we go about it? My husband is currently studying for a degree through work…
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Just Getting Out - Tax help please
OK, I have no real idea about tax and stuff. Shock I know, but the pay office has looked after all that for the last 24 years since I was 16. I'm due out in December, and have landed a job with a company car. :D I have looked at 3 online tax calculators and they all give different results to some degree or other. OK, using…
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Lost Deed poll
We have lost daughters deed poll , and she needs it to join the army, she has got her passport with her current name on it, and her birth certificate which has her original surname on it, her name was changed in 1994 and the soliciter who did it does not keep the records that long we have called them to ask. I cant do…
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How to get hold of discharge papers
Asking this for a friend of mine. He left the army during basic training about 2 years ago. At the time he was given his discharge papers but has since lost them. Anyone know an address or a phone number which could help him get hold of them? He has asked at his local careers office but they said they can't help. Thanks a…
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Car Insurance
My boyfriend is in the Navy and with car insurance for it to be valid you have to give the address at where the car for the most part is parked. Living on base increased his car insurance this year by £150, when he asked why they said due to terror and bomb threats and then proceeded to explain that if his car was bombed…
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Reclaim services whilst on tour?
Hi Folks, Just picked up a 3 month deployment to Bastion - any of you good people on here tell me how what companies are sympathetic to your deployment and how to stop/suspend services such as mobile phones etc for the period you are out of the country please? Also need life insurance - any ideas on that also? Thanks in…
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Anyone any idea what GPD is on a payslip?
My hubby has checked this months payslip and he's got a GPD payment of a couple of hundred pounds. It's in the description as Gross Public Debt, but we're not sure what it's for. Just wondered if anyone could shed any light? Thanks
